BILL · 2023–24 SESSION
HB 1297: Geoduck task force
Establishing a task force of the geoduck comanagers to identify harvest opportunities to promote tribal treaty rights to geoduck and enhance state geoduck harvest opportunities.
Summary
- Creates the Geoduck Comanagement Task Force (Task Force) administered by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
- Requires the Task Force to report to the Legislature and administrator of the DNR by December 1, 2024, on the feasibility of intervention to enhance the wildstock of geoduck.
- Requires the Task Force to report to the Legislature and administrator of the DNR by December 1, 2024, on factors preventing classification of areas for commercial harvest of wildstock geoduck or leading to existing wildstock geoduck commercial tract downgrade.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 13, 2023
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Kristine Reeves (D-30)
- Introduced
- January 13, 2023 in the House
- Last action
- January 8, 2024
- Requested by
- State agency
- Companion bill
- SB 5410
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to establishing a task force of the geoduck comanagers to identify harvest opportunities to promote tribal treaty rights to geoduck and enhance state geoduck harvest opportunities;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Kristine Reeves (D-30)
3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- Referred to Appropriations.
- AGNR - Executive action taken by committee.
- AGNR - Majority; do pass.
- First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources.
HB 1297 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1297 (2025–26) Child support/self-employed
- HB 1297 (2021–22) Working families tax exempt.
- HB 1297 (2019–20) LEOFF credit recovery/PERS
- HB 1297 (2017–18) Distillery promotional items
- HB 1297 (2015–16) Trans sup budget 2013-2015
- HB 1297 (2013–14) Sunshine committee
- HB 1297 (2011–12) Water right beneficial use
- HB 1297 (2009–10) Metals sale excise tax